Branding-machine for casks, cases, and the like.



No. 821,039. PATENTED MAY 22, 1906.

J. INGLE.

BRANDING MACHINE FOR GASKS, GASES, AND THE LIKE. APPLICATION FILED00T.6. 1905.

WIT/(E5555 WW lrrTonNsyg m a cam-w co. PHOYfl-LIYNOORAPXIRS. wAsmnurou oc JAMES INGLE, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

BRANDlNG-MACHINE FOR CASKS, CASES AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 22, 1906.

Application filed October 6, 1905. Serial No. 281,650.

To all whmn it may concern;

Be it known that 1, JAMES INGLE, a subject of,the King of Great Britainand Ireland, residing at London, England, have invented new and usefulImprovements in and Relating to Branding-Machines for Casks, Cases, andthe Like, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to machines for branding casks, cases, and thelike, and has for its object the construction and arrangement of such amachine whereby the operation of branding can be effected with greatexactness, extreme simplicity, and small cost, and, further, wide rangeof size or shape of device to be branded is obtainable in a singlemachine.

In order that the invention maybe the better understood, 1 Will nowproceed to describe the same in relation to the accompanying drawingshereunto annexed, reference being had to the letters marked thereon.

Like letters refer to like parts in the several figures.

Figure 1 is'a perspective view of a machine made according to myinvention. Figs. 2 and 3 are detail views of the turn-table carrier orplatform. Figs. 4 and 5 are detail views of one of the sliding heads foradjust ing the machine for taking different sizes of barrels, casks, andthe like. Fig. 6 is a detail view of the gas-control device.

To carry the invention into efiect, I arrange preferably two standardsa, fixedly supported in a suitable base b. Upon each standard a slidinghead 0 is mounted adapted to be raised and lowered by means of a nut d,mounted in a recess in the head and adapted to engage by means of ascrew-thread upon another screw-thread formed on the upper end of eachstandard a. The nuts (1 are actuated by a worm-wheel 6, carried by eachnut, and worms f, mounted on a common transverse shaft g, having anoperatingwheel h at one end by which the heads can be adjusted.

Sliding upon the standards a is a movable frame 7c, which carries anysuitable number or series of branding devices 1', which are held inslots in the frame 70, so as to allow of any desired arrangement ofposition relative to one another. These branding devices are mountedwith springs is upon their stems, arranged so that the downward pressureon the branding devices is through the said springs in order toaccommodate the machine to unevenness of surface. The frame it isconnected by connecting-rods Z to arms m, attached to a sleeve n,loosely journaled on the shaft g and provided with a hand-lever 0. Therange of motion of the levers m and connecting-rods Z is such that theyact as toggle-levers at the bottom of stroke, giving great leverage forthe branding operation and a quick movement at the upper portion of thestroke to allow quick removal of the frame to and from the cask or otherdevice being branded. Supported from the heads 0 is the heating device,consisting of a seriesof gas-tubes 1), having gas-orifices disposedtoward the branding devices j, the latter being adapted to pass betweenthe gas-tubes. The

gas is controlled by a cook or valve q, having Y a lever 1", which isconnected to the sliding frame 7c by a connecting-rod g or in such a waythat the gas is turned on when the frame 76 is in the upper position, soas to heat the branding devices, and when the frame is lowered to effectthe branding operation the gas-flames are automatically lowered, thuseffecting considerable. economy of heating agent.

In order to enable the casks and other devices to be readily handled, amoving platform 8 is arranged on the bed plate or base I), which haswheels t to insure easy movement on the ways a. The platform 8 isprovided also with an antifriction turn-table o, mounted on rollers 12.Side rollers w are provided at the edge of the platform to facilitatethe placing of casks, cases, or the like upon the said platform.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A branding-machine comprising a base, uprights secured thereto, aframe sliding on said uprights, branding devices carried by said frame,a shaft 9 supported at the top of the uprights, a sleeve on said shaft,links connecting said sleeve with the sliding frame and a handle wherebysaid sleeve may be rocked, substantially as described.

2. A branding-machine comprising a base, uprights secured thereto, aframe sliding on said uprights, branding devices carried by said frame,a shaft 9 supported at the top of the uprights, means for raising andlowering said shaft, a sleeve on said shaft, links connecting saidsleeve with the sliding frame and a handle whereby said sleeve may berocked, substantially as described.

3. A branding-machine comprising a base, uprights thereon, a framesliding on said uprights, a shaft, nuts securing said shaft to the topsof the uprights, means for raising and lowering said nuts, a sleeve onsaid shaft,

means for rocking said sleeve, links connecting said sleeve to thesliding frame, a frame consisting of a series of pipes havingperforations therein, means for supplying said pipes with gas, linksconnecting said frame to the adjustable shaft, branding devices securedto the sliding frame and arranged to pass between the pipes and meansactuated JAMES INGLE.

Witnesses:

CHARLES CARTER, H. D. JAMESON.

